Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Remember Whensday - Space Needle


Back in high school my best friend John and I took the photography class they offered at our high school. We really had a blast. Most of what we shot at that time was black and white, which I really grew to love. The teacher would give us an assignment of what to shoot such as stop action, or textures, or whatever. It got to the point we carried our cameras just about everywhere. I saved up my money and bought my first 35 mm camera, a Yashica TL Electro X. It was a simple camera, but still delivered pretty good photos for the price. I believe I paid about $135.00 for it. One particular weekend my parents decided we were heading to Seattle for the day. John and I grabbed our cameras, a couple rolls of film and off we went. I have quite a few good shots from that day, but this one caught my eye as I was going through them. Why not? The Space Needle is a northwest landmark, and my contribution to Remember Whensday.

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10 comments:

  1. brian stoutNovember 4, 2009 at 8:48 PM

    super photo here, and i love this angle and crop! very cool!

    thanks for that houseblogs.net link. i'd never heard of that, but like what i see on there! i have an old 'craftsman' home and it's taking forever to get everything done that i want. i'm almost down to just a garage/apartment and a pool left to do =)

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  2. Small City ScenesNovember 4, 2009 at 11:34 PM

    Hey super shot. The good ol' Space Needle and by gooly it looks the same.

    Thanks for the camera offer--what a nice gesture. I'm on my way!! LOL MB

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  3. PyatshawNovember 5, 2009 at 1:35 AM

    How lucky you were to be offered these lessons at school. Nothing like that in Scotland in my schooldays.
    Looks as though they paid off! I like the angle.

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  4. ABNovember 5, 2009 at 5:27 AM

    Obviously, you had a good eye for photos right from the start.

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  5. LowellNovember 5, 2009 at 6:26 AM

    Excellent. You did learn a couple of things in that high school photography class!

    I knew that before this, of course.

    I stayed in a motel not far from the Space Needle in 1980 when in Seattle for a convention.

    My first camera was a Kodak Retinette which I bought at the Navy Exchange in Port Lyautey, Morocco for $28.

    I took hundreds of pictures with that camera, most of which I still have.

    Great times. Thanks for the memories.

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  6. LoisNovember 5, 2009 at 6:45 AM

    It's a fabulous shot!

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  7. cieldequimperNovember 5, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    I need to sort through my Space Needle photos! I didn't catch it like this though and I love it!

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  8. Don and KriseNovember 5, 2009 at 7:26 PM

    Thanks all!
    It is fun going through these old photos from that time. None of them are great, but they're mine.

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  9. Sally in WANovember 5, 2009 at 9:33 PM

    Great shot of the Needle. You have a natural talent. :-)

    Thanks for sharing this week.

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  10. Don and KriseNovember 5, 2009 at 9:46 PM

    Sally in WA: Thank you, but I'd rather be lucky than good any day. ;-)

    Also you are very welcome. I enjoy posting these old dusty photos.

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